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Force First and Last Name as Display Name

by Andrew Lima · Login & Users

Force the user field "display_name" to be set as the user's first and last name.

⚠ Stale
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59 Health · C
Maintenance 36
Rating quality 78
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+3%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “2K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
2K–3K ≈2.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1381 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.2.2
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2013-09-06
Requires WP
5.2
Tested up to
6.7.5
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2024-03-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in band
  2. 2024-03-13 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in band
  3. 2024-03-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2024-03-07 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2024-03-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 9 days in band
  6. 2024-02-26 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in band
  7. 2024-02-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 6 days in band
  8. 2024-02-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in band

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Force First and Last Name as Display Name: 2K+ active installs, 4.3★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/force-first-last